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Guardian Focus podcast: What Poland did righthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/06/guardian-focus-podcast-poland
Concluding the Guardian's New Europe series, Chris Bobinski, Andrzej Swidlicki and Matteo Napolitano join Jon Henley to discuss how Poland sailed through the economic crash<p>Poland's recent experience stands out from the rest of the European Union as the only country to escape a recession during the world financial crisis of 2008.</p><p><strong>Matteo Napolitano </strong>from the Economist Intelligence Unit, <strong>Chris Bobinski</strong> from the Unia and Polska thinktank and <strong>Andrzej Swidlicki</strong> from the Polish Press Agency join <strong>Jon Henley</strong> to discuss how the Polish economy grew by 5% in 2008 in the face of a global crisis. Was Poland's success by accident or design?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/06/guardian-focus-podcast-poland">Continue reading...</a>PolandWed, 06 Apr 2011 11:14:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/06/guardian-focus-podcast-polandPhotograph: Gavin Hellier/CorbisPhotograph: Gavin Hellier/CorbisPresented by Jon Henley and produced by Vivienne Perry2011-04-06T11:14:00ZGuardian Focus podcast: The future of Polish footballhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/04/focus-podcast-polish-football
Jonathan Wilson visits Poland to examine efforts to drag football into the 21st century in time for next year's European Championships<p>Six years after writing Behind the Curtain and finding Polish football at all time low, Jonathan Wilson returns to see how preparations for the 2012 European Championships are progressing.</p><p>Back in 2005, interest in the beautiful game was zero - but this wasn't always the case. Jonathan meets the leader of the Solidarity movement and the first president of post-communist Poland. <strong>Lech Walesa</strong>, who explains how football was a symbol of resistance against the ruling Communist party.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/04/focus-podcast-polish-football">Continue reading...</a>PolandPolandLegia WarsawLech PoznanFootballSportMon, 04 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2011/apr/04/focus-podcast-polish-footballPhotograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPAUkraine has been warned by Fifa over political interference in its football federation. Photograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPAPhotograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPAUkraine has been warned by Fifa over political interference in its football federation. Photograph: Leszek Szymanski/EPAPresented by Jonathan Wilson and produced by Peter Sale2011-04-04T08:00:00Z